Ecclesiastes 10:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.”
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“Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.”
King James Version · Public Domain“By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 10:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 20:4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
- Proverbs 21:25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
- Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
- Proverbs 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- Hebrews 6:11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
- 2 Peter 1:5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
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